Install the Splunk Add-on for Windows

Determine where and how to install this add-on in your deployment, using the tables on this page.

Perform any prerequisite steps before installing, if required and specified in the tables on this page.

Complete your installation.

If you need step-by-step instructions on how to install an add-on in your specific deployment environment, see the installation walkthroughs section at the bottom of this page for links to installation instructions specific to a single-instance deployment, distributed deployment, Splunk Cloud, or Splunk Light.

Distributed deployments

Use the tables below to determine where and how to install this add-on in a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise or any deployment for which you are using forwarders to get your data in. Depending on your environment, your preferences, and the requirements of the add-on, you may need to install the add-on in multiple places.

Where to install this add-on

Unless otherwise noted, all supported add-ons can be safely installed to all tiers of a distributed Splunk platform deployment. See Where to install Splunk add-ons in Splunk Add-ons for more information.

This table provides a reference for installing this specific add-on to a distributed deployment of the Splunk platform.

Splunk instance type

Supported

Required

Comments

Search Heads

Yes

Yes

If you want Windows data from a host that acts as a search head, install the add-on there. The host must run a supported version of Windows.

Indexers

Yes

Yes

The host must run a supported version of Windows. The add-on performs index-time extractions that necessitate installation on an indexer.

Heavy Forwarders

Yes

Conditional

This add-on supports forwarders of any type for data collection. The host must run a supported version of Windows.

Universal Forwarders

Yes

Yes

You must install the add-on into a universal forwarder on a host to get data from that host. The host must run a supported version of Windows.

Distributed deployment feature compatibility

This table describes the compatibility of this add-on with Splunk distributed deployment features.

Distributed deployment feature

Supported

Comments

Search Head Clusters

Yes

You can install this add-on on a search head cluster for all search-time functionality, but configure inputs on forwarders to avoid duplicate data collection. Before installing this add-on to a cluster, make the following changes to the add-on package: 1. Remove the eventgen.conf files and all files in the samples folder 2. Remove the inputs.conf file.

Indexer Clusters

Yes

To get data from an indexer cluster member, install the add-on into that member.

Deployment Server

Yes

You can deploy the add-on to indexers, forwarders, and search heads.

Installation walkthroughs

The Splunk Add-Ons manual includes an Installing add-ons guide that helps you successfully install any Splunk-supported add-on to your Splunk platform.

For a walkthrough of the installation procedure, follow the link that matches your deployment scenario:

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